Faculty profiles

Malgorzata Mackiewicz-Wysocka MD, PhD

Poland

Malgorzata Mackiewicz-Wysocka is a graduate of Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences (2001). She was awarded MD, PhD in 2002 and now specializes in dermatology and venereology (2008). She has been employed in the Dermatology Clinic at Poznan University of Medical Sciences.

She has been an author of more than 20 scientific publications on dermatology and oncology. In 1997 she served her residency in Eppley Cancer Center, at the University of Nebraska State, USA, and in Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, USA.

In 2001-2002 she served her residnecy program on surgical treatment of skin lesions at Wielkopolska Center of Oncology in Poznan.

She is a member of the Polish Association of Dermatology and Polish Society of Experimental and Clinical Immunology. She attended numerous courses on esthetic dermatologic surgery in the Center for Esthetic Dermatology in Lodz.

Her professional interests concentrate mainly on preventive treatment and the treatment of early phases of melanoma of the skin as well as the latest therapeutic methods applied in esthetic dermatology.

Anna Modelska-Ziolkiewicz MD, PhD

Poland

Doctor Anna Modelska-Ziolkiewicz graduated from the University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Poland. She has Diploma of Medical Doctor Degree.

Her specializations are internal medicine, endocrinology and anti-aging (preventive) medicine.

She was a research student in immunology field in the Wistar Institute at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadephia, US. Later she was involved in postgraduate intership at the Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Also she was a Doctoral Research Fellow in the Institute of Biotechnology and Advanced Molecular Medicine at the Thomas Jefferson University. She was practicing clinically at the Department of Endocrinology in the Jefferson Medical College. After coming back to Poland dr Modelska started PhD program at the Department of Endocrinology at the Unversity of Medical Sciences in Poznan and she performed academical work as a Senior Assistant.

At present she has clinical practice in anti-aging medicine, endocrinology in the Klinika Kolasinski and she is an Assistant Professor in the Polish Academy of Sciences. Dr Modelska is a President of the Polish Society of Anti-Aging Medicine and the member of Directory Board (general secretary deputy) of the European Society of Anti-Aging Medicine.

Paul T.Rose MD, JD

USA

Dr. Rose has over 20 years of experience in hair restoration.

Following are some highlight and summaries of his experience and credentials:

Co-developer of Follicular Unit Grafting as well as Follicular Isolation Technique (FIT),

Inventor of the ledge closure to minimize the scar in strip harvesting,

Establishment and publication of the natural and aesthetic guidelines of re-creating the hairline for hair restoration patients,

Elected by his peers as President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgeons (ISHRS),

Awarded Golden Follicle in 2008,

Author of numerous chapters in medical texts and various journals, and presenter of numerous lectures and demonstrations regarding the surgical techniques of follicular unit grafting around the world.

Russell Knudsen, MBBS

Australia

Dr Russell Knudsen is a highly experienced surgeon with well over 5000 hair transplant procedures performed over 21 years.

He is a full-time specialist in this field and internationally recognized for his contributions to hair restoration surgery.

He is an author on two current textbooks on hair transplantation and has had numerous scientific articles published.

He is past-President of both the International Society of hair Restoration Surgery and the Australasian Society of hair Restoration Surgeons.

In 2000 he was awarded the prestigious Golden Follicle award by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery for contributions to the field of hair restoration surgery.

Carlos J. Puig, DO

USA

Dr. Puig has been performing restoration surgery since 1973 and has seen many technological changes in the field. The plug hair transplant of the 1960s and 1970s, line grafts of the 1980s and has participated in helping the evolution to follicular unit and single hair grafts in the 1990s. Currently, Dr. Puig performs all of the contemporary forms of hair restoration surgery including: follicular hair transplantation, follicular unit extraction hair transplantation, several different versions of scalp reductions, the Frechet Extended Scalp Reduction, scalp lifts and Frechet Triple Flap crown closure.

Dr. Puig however, will be the first to tell you that surgical skill is not all that it takes to be a cosmetic surgeon. Having an aesthetic eye, giving attention to fine details, and the ability to manage a team that can gently handle human tissues are essential talents to obtaining consistently fine results. Having performed over 20,000 scalp related surgeries, Dr. Puig has developed these skills.

Dr. Puig has been published many times in both professional medical journals and the lay press, and is known within the profession as one its strongest patient advocates. He is a past president of, and a oral board examiner of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery; a Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery; Director of an ISHRS Fellowship Training Program in Houston Texas; He has been faculty and guest lecturer at major medical meetings and live surgery workshops throughout the world. Dr. Puig recognizes that continuing to teach, share information and team from his peers is the best method for continuous improvement of his hair restoration surgery techniques.

Malgorzata Kolenda MD, PhD

Poland

An expert surgeon who has been cooperating with the Kolasinski Clinic since 1994.

She has also participated in many professional trainings in the field of breast surgeries, chemical abrasion of the skin and the treatment of facial wrinkles both in the USA and Western Europe.

She has performed many surgeries of renewing of skin such as chemical and mechanic peelings, botox injections and filling wrinkles with various wrinkle fillers.

She is also a founder and currently the president of the Polish Society of Hair Restoration Surgery and a member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery as well as a board member of the Polish Society of Anti-Aging Medicine.

Jerzy Kolasinski MD, PhD

Poland

Jerzy Kolasinski MD, PhD, a member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, and European Academy of Cosmetic Surgery is the founder and director of Hair Clinic Poznan in Swarzedz, Poland. He is an active and board member of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery and the American Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. He was vice president and board member of the European Society of Hair Restoration Surgery in 2000 – 2002.